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No. 620,950. Patented Mar. I4, |899.

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WIRE FENCE.

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No. 620,950. Patented Mar.' I4, |899.'

L. s. MORGAN.

WIRE FENCE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

LINGUE S. MORGAN, OF KENDALL, KANSAS.

WIRE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 620,950, dated March 14, 1899.

Application iiled I une 28, 1898.

T0 all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, LINGUE S. MORGAN, of Kendall, in the county of Hamilton and State of Kansas, have made an Improvement in Wire Fences, of which the following is a full and exact description.

It is the object of my invention to provide a wire fence whose longitudinal Wires may be easily applied and locked to the posts or detaehed therefrom and whose corner posts may be readily adjusted to take up slack of the wires or to restore perpendicular-ity of the posts themselves.

The construction and arrangement of parts are as hereinafter described, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings,in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of myirnproved fence. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the corner of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating the application of the fastening device to the wires at the corner-post and including also a perspective view of the cap for said post. Fig. 4 is a vertical section of one of the intermediate or panel posts, illustrating the application of the wire-fastening device thereto. Fig. .5 is a horizontal section on line 5 5 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a bottom plan view of one of the caps for the intermediate posts. Fig. 7 is a side view of a spring-pin for securing the wires to the post. Fig. Sis a face view of a post with attached bars for supporting telegraph-wires. Fig. 9 is a cross-section on line 9 9 of Fig. 8.

As shown in Fig. 1, a series of Wires 1 are stretched parallel and secured to a cornerpost 2 and an intermediate or panel post 3. The said corner-post 2 is constructed of two plates of sheet metal which are riveted together and provided with horizontal baselanges 4, which are in turn riveted to a baseplate 5. One of the plates composing the body of the post is llat and the outer one is V-shaped in cross-section, the same having lateral Iianges which lie flat on the inner plate and are riveted thereto. A stay-rod 6 is applied to the post 2 and base-plate 5 on the outer side thereof or opposite the angle of the post proper. This stay-rod is composed `of two sections whose abutting ends are screwthreaded to provide for the application of a swivel, as shown. The rod 6 is suitably secured to the upper end of the post 2 by means Serial No. 684,678. (No model.)

5 or at least supported and braced thereby, v

as required, to enable the post to resist the tension of the wires 1.

As a further means for bracing and adjusting the post 2I employ short rods 9 and l0, which are arranged in pairs on the .inner and outer sides of said posts, as shown in Fig. l. The lower ends of these rods 9 and 10 are hook-shaped to adapt them to be detachably engaged with the base-plate 5. Their upper ends are screw-threaded and pass through the lateral flanges of' the post 2, and nuts are applied to the same in connection with beveled orwedge-shaped washers. By adjusting the nuts the tension of the rods 9 and 10 may be varied as required to adj ust the post proper or to secure due rigidity of the same in connection with the base-plate 5. The two plates composing the post proper, 2, are made as thin as practicable for sake of lightness and economy, and t-he adjusting-rods 6, 9, and 10 enable them to be made thinner and lighter than would be otherwise practicable.

The intermediate or panel post 3 is essentially triangular in cross-section, as shown in Fig. 5; but it is corrugated longitudinally in order to increase its rigidity. It is provided with a series of notches 11 at its angle to adapt it for engagement with the wires 1. The corner-post 2 is also similarly `provided with notches 11a. In the case of the corner-post 2 the wires 1 are fastened or locked in place by means of a key 12, which is in the form of a long rod having a handle 13, as show n in Fig. 3. This fastening device is applied between the wires and the inner angle of the post, as shown. The form of `fastening device 14 which I employ for all the intermediate or panel posts is applied to but one wire, or, in other words, a fastening device is required for each wire at each notch 1l in the post. The saiddevice 14 is formed of a springwire, which is bent into the form of a loop, one of whose arms is bent laterally to form a grip or handle for use in conveniently applying and removing the device, as will be readily understood. I form the inner arm or side of the loop with a bend or corrugation, which IOO adapts it to embrace a wire 1, as shown in Fig. 4, so that said device is not liable to become detached by accident. It will be seen that by grasping the lateral projection of the device 1i it may be readily pushed down over the Wire so that the outer side of the loop will lie between the Wire and the angle of the post. The grip of the spring-loop upon the Wire enables the device to retain its hold Whether the outer portion of the loop be wedged in contact with the angle of the post or not.

It Will be noted that both' posts 2 and 3 are tapered from the bottom to the top, being thus strongest at the point Where strength is most required.

I apply to both posts a form of cap which is constructed of cast metal and provided with grooves Which adapt it to it on the posts, as shown by Figs. 3 and 6. In the case of the corner-post the cap 15 (shown in Fig. 3) differs slightly from the cap 16, Fig. 6, for the intermediate post 3 in that it has agroove extending completely across it for the purpose of accommodating the inner plate of said cornerpost. These caps notl only serve as ornamental appendages of the posts, but also to retain the form of the latter, and, what is more important, prevent stock being injured by contact With the sharp angles of the posts.

In Fig. 7I show a modified form of springkey 13a, which is formed of a half-round steel Wire or rod and is provided With a bend or loop adapted to embrace a wire, as shown in Fig. 9.

The post 3 (shown in Fig. 8) is adapted forsupporting telegraphic Wires (not shown) as well as fen ce-Wires. A series of horizontal bars 17 are passed through transverse openings in the post, the latterl being slitted at those points and the metal turned out to form tongues or flanges 18 and 19, which are adapted to bear against or clasp and thus brace the bars 17, as shown.

1. The improved corner-post comprising the body portion formed of a flat inner plate, the outer V-shaped plate, and the flat base, the adjusting stay-rod, formed of ytwo alined parts and a connecting swivel-nut, and the shorter stay, or brace, rods, having nuts applied to their upper ends, all said rods being connected with the `ends of the base-plate and the post, forming a permanent attachment of the post proper, as shown and described.

2. The combination with a fence-post, having notches to receive Wires as shown, of a fastening or locking device consisting of a spring-loop, adapted for engagement With a Wire, as shown and described.

3. The combination, with a fence-post constructed of metal in angular' form, and provided with holes at its angle, Wires arranged to intersect the angle as shown, and the sprin g fastening device, composed of a spring-Wire loop, having corrugations and provided with a lateral handle, as shown and described.

4. The improved fastening device for fence- Wires, consisting of a V-shaped loop formed of spring-Wire and open at one side, and provided With a lateral handle formed of a bent end of said loop, as shown and described.

LINGUE S. MORGAN.

Witnesses:

N. J. SAWYER, E. M. SCOTT. 

